Disco Elysium creators open another studio
Following Longdue and Dark Math Games, another team whose employees once worked at ZA/UM has announced itself. The third «heir to Disco Elysium» will be Summer Eternal.
The developers launched a website where they published their manifesto dedicated to their mission and the situation in the gaming industry. At the same time, they promised to unite world-class artists and creatives into an independent studio to create a complex «RPG mega-project»:
We realize that we are writing the first words of our story during apocalyptic material conditions for game creators around the world... Our mission is to unite world-class artists and creatives into a truly independent gaming studio that will always put artistic integrity above personal comfort, profit and short-term interests. This is how we can embark on this treacherous path of creating a cultural mega-project — an RPG with complexity and ambitions worthy of rivaling our pathetic and beautiful world.
ZA/UM veterans who joined the studio:
- Argo Tuulik, writer of Disco Elysium and the cancelled franchise projects;
- Olga Moskvina, another writer of Disco Elysium;
- Lenval Broun — the voice of the game's narrator;
- Dora Klindzic, writer of the cancelled Disco Elysium spin-off;
- Anastasia Ivanova — concept artist;
- Michael Oswell — graphic designer.
The newly-formed studio has not yet shared any details about its future project.
Recall that yesterday two teams of former ZA/UM employees announced the development of projects inspired by Disco Elysium. There are already the first concept art, screenshots and even a gameplay recording.
